When you install the Monitoring Agent for Microsoft SharePoint Server, the agent is automatically configured and started with the default configuration settings. You
can use the silent response file to modify the default configuration settings.
Before you begin
- Review hardware and software prerequisites. For the up-to-date system requirement information,
see System requirements for Microsoft
SharePoint Server agent.
- Ensure that the user, who connects to the Microsoft
SharePoint Server environment or application, has administrator privileges. You can use an existing
user with administrator privileges, or create a new user. Assign administrator privileges to the new
user by adding the new user to the Administrators group.
Remember: To configure the Microsoft
SharePoint Server agent, you can use a local or a domain
user provided the user has administrator privileges.
- Edit the response file and modify the default configuration parameters. The response file
contains the following parameters:
The product version and the agent version often differ. The directions here are for the most
current release of this agent. For more information about how to check the version of an agent in
your environment, see Agent
version.
Procedure
To configure the Microsoft
SharePoint Server agent, complete the following
steps:
-
Open command prompt and change the path to the directory that contains the
ms_sharepoint_server-agent.bat file.
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Enter the following command: ms_sharepoint_server-agent.bat config
absolute path to the response file.
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If the agent is in the stopped state, start the agent.
What to do next
After you configure the agent, you can change the user account
from the local user to the domain user. For steps to change the user account, see Changing the user account.